Pokémon TCG Pocket archetype
Magcargo
Magcargo is a Pokémon TCG Pocket archetype built from 9 tournament decklists across 8 events. It currently sits in Tier C on our meta tier list. It accounts for roughly 0.3% of tracked decks in the tracked sample. Players have converted it into 1 top-cut finish.
Actual sampled list
Featured Tournament Deck
This complete 20-card list was selected automatically from tracked tournament results.
Pokémon (4)
Slugma
Magcargo
Trainers (16)
Professor's Research
Team Rocket Grunt
Copycat
Sightseer
Silver
Pokémon Center Lady
Red Card
Repel
Heavy Helmet
Deck 2D Code
A 2D code is not available for this sampled list yet. The full deck remains available above.
Aggregate data
Consensus Card Pool
This is a data summary of cards commonly found across 9 sampled lists, not one playable deck. It may contain more than 20 cards because it combines recurring choices from multiple tournament lists.
Pokémon
- 2× MagcargoA4 31100% of lists
- 2× SlugmaA4a 867% of lists
Trainers
- 2× Professor's ResearchP-A 7100% of lists
- 2× CopycatB1 225100% of lists
- 2× Flame PatchB1 21789% of lists
- 2× Rainbow CaveB4 15589% of lists
- 1× Field BlowerB3 14778% of lists
- 1× Pokémon Center LadyA2b 7067% of lists
- 2× Poké BallP-A 567% of lists
- 1× CabbieB3 15056% of lists
- 2× Order PadB4 14556% of lists
- 2× Pokémon CommunicationA2 14656% of lists
- 2× Lucky Ice PopB2 14544% of lists
Energy types vary between lists in the current sample.
Across tracked lists
Core Cards
The most frequently included cards, with inclusion rate and average copies from the current sample.
Pokémon (4)
Magcargo
Slugma
Trainers (10)
Professor's Research
Copycat
Flame Patch
Rainbow Cave
Field Blower
Pokémon Center Lady
Recent Top Finishes
| Place | Player | Record | Tournament | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | tcgpht | View decklist | ||
| 6 | tcgpht | View decklist | ||
| 7 | fall88 | View decklist | ||
| 10 | fall88 | View decklist | ||
| 16 | itz_guri | View decklist | ||
| 17 | einstun | View decklist | ||
| 17 | einstun | View decklist | ||
| 17 | einstun | View decklist | ||
| 19 | golden_gengar | View decklist | ||
| 20 | banzai | View decklist |
Current data snapshot
Strategy Snapshot
Magcargo is a Pokémon TCG Pocket archetype built from 9 tournament decklists across 8 events. It currently sits in Tier C on our meta tier list. It accounts for roughly 0.3% of tracked decks in the tracked sample. Players have converted it into 1 top-cut finish.
Most lists are built around Magcargo, Slugma, with the remaining slots devoted to consistency and recovery. The list below is the consensus build — every card shown appears in at least 40% of the sampled decks.
Energy types vary between lists in the current sample.
All figures are derived from 9 tournament decklists collected from Limitless TCG. Sample sizes are shown so you can judge how settled the list is.
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Competitive data on this page is compiled from public tournament results published by Limitless and processed by simbozz.gg using our own meta-ranking methodology. Statistics update automatically as new tournament data is synced. See our Methodology page for how rankings are calculated.
Built from synced Pokémon TCG Pocket tournament decklists. Deck data, tier placement, and featured lists update automatically after meta rebuilds. Last rebuilt: Sep 26, 2026, 08:01 AM UTC.